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Vice President, Global Supply Chain

Franklin Electric
US - Indiana - Fort WayneOn-site4mo ago
Employment
Full-time
Seniority
Lead

About the role

MOVE FORWARD WITH US

  • Integrate demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and financial planning to align commercial strategy with operational execution.
  • Drive working-capital improvement, service performance, cost competitiveness, and supply resilience across a global manufacturing footprint.
  • Own and lead the enterprise SIOP process as the single, integrated operating plan aligning demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and financial commitments.
  • Chair executive SIOP reviews and establishes governance, cadence, KPIs, and decision rights to enable fact-based trade-off decisions across service, cost, margin, cash, and risk.
  • Drive scenario planning and what-if analysis to support growth initiatives, product launches, capacity investments, and risk mitigation.
  • Define and execute global supplier and sourcing strategies across direct materials, outsourced manufacturing, and strategic services, leveraging global category management, enterprise scale, and should-cost/TCO methodologies.
  • Establish supplier segmentation, preferred supplier frameworks, and long-term strategic partnerships to deliver material productivity, cost-out, margin expansion, and working-capital commitments.
  • Deploy digital procurement tools and analytics to improve transparency, speed, compliance, and decision quality across the enterprise.
  • Ensure supplier quality performance meets global manufacturing, customer, and regulatory requirements through robust audit, corrective-action, and continuous-improvement programs.
  • Lead supplier and supply chain strategy for new product introductions (NPI), VAVE, and value-creation initiatives in partnership with Engineering and Operations, enabling design-to-cost and scalable supply.
  • Drive supplier development and resilience through structured programs that improve cost, quality, delivery, capacity, and risk, including localization and dual-sourcing strategies.
  • Own global logistics strategy across inbound, outbound, intercompany, and aftermarket flows, optimizing transportation networks, lead times, and inventory positioning.
  • Lead global trade compliance, ensuring adherence to U.S. and international regulations, tariffs, and sanctions, with strong internal controls and audit readiness.
  • Develop mitigation strategies for tariff exposure, geopolitical risk, and supply disruption across the global network.
  • Identify and mitigate supply, geopolitical, financial, and operational risks across the global supply chain.
  • Develop and execute supply-continuity, contingency, and alternate sourcing/capacity strategies to ensure business resilience.
  • Partner cross-functionally on business-continuity planning, crisis management, and recovery execution.
  • Hard-working winners - Confident, competitive, and results-oriented professionals who create a track record of success.
  • Dedicated achievers - People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.
  • Effective communicators - People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders.
  • Collaborative partner - People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.
  • Act as an enterprise integrator across demand planning, supply execution, supplier strategy, and operational performance, enforcing operating discipline, cadence, and decision rights.
  • Lead effectively in a complex, matrixed global environment while building and sustaining a strong supply chain leadership team with clear accountability.
  • Drive stability, clarity, and confidence through periods of transformation and change.
  • Net material productivity and VAVE savings
  • SIOP plan adherence and forecast accuracy
  • Inventory turns, DOH/DPO, and working-capital performance
  • Supplier quality and delivery performance
  • Logistics cost and service levels
  • Trade-compliance audit outcomes
  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field (MBA or Master’s preferred)
  • 15+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience in a global manufacturing environment
  • Demonstrated success leading global sourcing, advanced sourcing, and logistics organizations
  • Deep understanding of supplier quality, NPI sourcing, VAVE, and supplier development
  • Strong financial acumen with a track record of delivering cost, margin, and cash improvements
  • Executive-level experience operating in global, cross-cultural, matrixed organizations
  • Experience in complex, multi-region manufacturing footprints (preferred)
  • Exposure to highly engineered or regulated products (preferred)
  • Track record of leading enterprise-scale supply chain transformations (preferred)

Company Values & Benefits

  • Hybrid remote work arrangements
  • Generous paid time off & holidays
  • Paid parental leave & on-site motherhood rooms
  • On site café & complimentary beverage stations
  • Indoor fitness facility & outdoor walking paths 
  • 401(k) with matching & service contributions 
  • Health, dental, vision, life insurance
  • Short & long-term disability
  • Fertility & adoption support
  • Undergraduate & graduate tuition reimbursement
  • Professional development assistance
  • Health & wellness programs

Perks & benefits

  • 401k
  • Paid Time Off

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